Agentic AI in Manufacturing: Eaton’s Tony Trim on Where Capability Meets Control

Tony Trim, Manufacturing Operations AI Leader at Eaton, speaks with Stephen Hooper, SVP Operations Solutions at Autodesk, that agentic AI in manufacturing only earns trust when its boundaries, interlocks, permissives and clear human authority are engineered in before it reaches the plant floor. Trim explains why a wrong AI action on a plant floor can cost product, equipment or safety, and why the next few years in manufacturing depend on treating AI as a capacity strategy rather than a technology upgrade.